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Grey-banded Mining Bee

🇳🇱 Kruiskruidzandbij ·Andrena denticulata

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Allan Hopkins · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  2. 2. Bellingwedde, Groningen, Netherlands:© Dorine Post · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. Almelo, Netherlands:© owenkrz · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Eijsden-Margraten:© Ron Rave · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Grebbeberg, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
  7. 7. 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© Benno · CC BY-NC 4.0
Grey-banded Mining Bee, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Allan Hopkins · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Andrena denticulata is a Palearctic species of mining bee.

base stats

  • NL sightings 31iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,788iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,788 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by William Kirby in 1802 (224 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Grey-banded Mining Bee
Nederlands
Kruiskruidzandbij
scientific name
Andrena denticulata
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Andrenidae
sightings in NL
31
sightings in Europe
897
sightings worldwide
1,788
GBIF records in NL
6,701
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1802 by William Kirby

relatives· Andrenidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127780, Wikidata Q2486143, GBIF 1357548, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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